John Patrick Spring (1879 - 1957)

Born 23 Mar 1879 in 17 Lyons Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Geraldine Eden Mary Stella (Lane) Spring — married 27 Apr 1909 in St. Monica's R.C. Church, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1957 at about age 77 in Brighton, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

John Patrick "Jack" Spring was born on 23 March 1879 at 17 Lyons Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the fourth of seven children to Irish-born parents Helen Charlotte (Sheppard) Spring and William Spring.^[1][2] Helen had migrated to Australia in 1857 as a child, and William as a teenager in 1861.

Jack was educated at Christian Brother's College, Victoria Parade,^[3] before going on to the University of Melbourne to study medicine.^[4]

Jack was a doctor.^[5]

He married Geraldine Lane on 27 April 1909 in Footscray, Victoria.^[6][7][8] Their children were:

• Geraldine Mary Spring (1910–?)^[9]
• William Emmet Spring (1911–1994)^[10]
• Denver John Spring (1916–1987)^[11][12]

By 1927, Jack and his family were living at 116 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria.^[13] The family were at the same address in 1942.^[5]

In 1936, Jack and Geraldine and two of their three children enjoyed an overseas cruise holiday, returning to Victoria on the Strathnaver after an Eastern cruise in the Viceroy of India.^[14] In 1933, the family had holidayed to China and Japan.^[15]

Jack died in 1957 in Brighton, Victoria, aged 78 years.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record: 6798 / 1879. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: John Patrick SPRING); (Place: BALL); (Mother: Helen Charlotte SHEPPARD); (Father: William)
2. ↑ "Births." 16 April 1879. The Ballarat Courier, p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232168631.
3. ↑ "The matriculation examination." 2 January 1897. Advocate (Melbourne), p. 8. Retrieved 25 April 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170168457.
4. ↑ "University of Melbourne." 25 March 1903. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 8. Retrieved 25 April 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9826414.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Weddings." 9 January 1942. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 6. Retrieved 27 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8226925.
6. ↑ "Marriages." 29 May 1909. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 13. Retrieved 9 June 2018 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10692109.
7. ↑ Marriage record: 3427 / 1909. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Geraldine LANE and Jno Patk SPRING)
8. ↑ "Dr. J. P. Spring to Miss G. Lane-McCarthy." 13 May 1909. Punch (Melbourne), p. 29. Retrieved 4 March 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176024894.
9. ↑ Geraldine Mary Spring's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 13303; Reg. year: 1910. Retrieved 4 March 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
10. ↑ Wm Emmet Spring's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 13519; Reg. year: 1911. Retrieved 4 March 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
11. ↑ Denver Jno Spring's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 10014; Reg. year: 1916. Retrieved 4 March 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
12. ↑ "Births." 13 May 1916. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 11. Retrieved 17 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2109857.
13. ↑ "Fitzroy robbery." 24 December 1927. Weekly Times (Melbourne), p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2020 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224378943.
14. ↑ "Social notes." 3 March 1936. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 5. Retrieved 8 May 2018 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11018545.
15. ↑ "Beauty--Squalor: Essence of Eastern Life." 6 March 1933. The Telegraph (Brisbane), p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181141990.
16. ↑ Death record: 11118 / 1957. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
    (Name: John Patrick SPRING); (Place of birth: BALLARAT); (Place of death: BRIGHTON); (Age at death: 78); (Mother: Helen SHEPHERD); (Father: SPRING William)